Rope-reel.



D. QUINN & R. LEBOVIT.

ROPE REEL.

APPLICATION fluo FEB. 11. |911.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

` @mem/bow DANIEL QUINN AND RUDOLPH LEBOVIT, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

'ROPE-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

Application filed February 17, 1917. Serial No. 149,216.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, DANIEL QUINN and RUDOLPH Lnovrr, citizens of the United States, land residents of Bayonne, 1n the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveJ jointly invented certain new and u seful Improvements in Rope-Reels, of whlch the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rope reel, and isv particularly adapted to clothes lines. It has connected thereto means for disengagmg clothes pins. from a clothes line, as the latter is pulled in to detach the clothes therefrom. The invention has also formed therein a safety device whereby the operator cannot be injured when the clothes line is inserted in the reel or the case thereof is opened for any purpose.

In the accompanying drawings one of the forms of the invention is illustrated. Figure l shows a front view of the improved rope reel; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. l; Fig. 3 represents an enlarged front v iew of the essential elements of the invent-lon, showing the interior of the reel case, and Fig. 4 shows a section as on the line 4, 4 of Fig. 3.

A casing for the reel is indicated in its entirety by the numeral 20, and comprises the side walls 21, 22, the curved roof 23 and the curved bottom 24. A rear wall is indicated at 25 and a front wall at 26.

A hub 27 with the teeth 28 constitutes a clutch coupling member and extends from the roof 23. A hub 30 with the teeth 31 constitutes another clutch coupling member and extends from the bottom 24.

Journal bearings 34 and 35 extend from the side wall 22 and cap journal bea-rings 36, 37 extend from the side wall 21..

A driving shaft 40 is journaled 1n the journal bearings 34 and 36. A spur gear 42 is located in the casing 20 and is fastened to the driving shaft 40. An operating handle 43 is fastened to the said driving shaft on the outside of the casing 20. A shaft 45 is journaled in the journal bearings 35 and 37. A grooved pulley 46 with a V-shaped circumferential groove is fastened to the` shaft 45. A pinion 47 is fastened to the shaft 45 and meshes with the gear 42.

A door 48 is hinged to the casing over an opening 49 in the front wall 26 of said casing 20 on the pivots 50.

The door 48 in this instance is shown with its front wall 52 having the outer face 53,

inner face 54 and the top end 55. The wall 52 has extending therefrom the lips 56 with the opening 57 between them. Side walls 58 extend from the front wall 52. An enlarged opening 59 is formed in and a handle 60 extends from said front wall 52. An opening 61 is formed in the lower portion of the wall 20.

A spring 63 has one end 64 fastened to the inner face of the curved roof 23 and its free end 65 is in the path of the top end 55 of the wall 52 of the door 48.

The lips 56 are curved to engage and register with the lower curved portion of the front wall 26 of the casing 20, when the door 48 is in its closed position. The top end 55 of the door 48 engages the teeth ofthe spur gear 42 when it is opened, thereby preventing the rotation of said spur gear 42, the pinion 47 and the pulley 46. There is thus provided a safety device for the reel when the rope 66 is placed around said pulley 46, or when for any purpose the said door 48 is opened. When the door 48 is located in its open horizontal position as particularly shown in Fig. 4, the free end 65 of the spring 63 bears on the outer face 53 of the end 55 of the front wall 52 of said door, which maintains the door in its open position. Vhen the door 48 is closed, the free end 65 of the spring 63 will bear against the inner face 54 of the top end 55 of the front wall 52 of said door 48, and maintains the door 48 closed.

An angle-shaped supporting bar 67, with openings 68 for screws, has formed therewith an upper supporting arm 69 and a lower supportin arm 70. The arm 69 has extending there rom a hub 72 with teeth 73 of a Clutch coupling member that can lock with the teeth 428. A binding screw 74 extends through an opening in the hub 72 and engages the threaded opening 7 5 in the roof 23 of the casing 20.

The lower supporting arm 70 has extending therefrom the hub 76 with the teeth 79 of a clutch coupling member which can lock with the teeth 31. A binding screw 78 extends through an opening in the hub 76 and engages the threaded opening 8O in the bottom 24 of the casing 20.

By loosening the screws 74 and 78 the clutch members that connect the easing 20 and the arms 69 and 70 can be engaged in different radial positions. This result is obtained by inserting the teeth 73 of the hub 72 into the depressions between the teeth 28 of the hub 27 and at the same time inserting the teeth 79 of thehub 76 into their corresponding depressions between the teeth 31 of the hub 30 for a predetermined angular position of the casing 20. The operator then can disengage the teeth 7 3 and 31 from their coacting depressions and rotate the casing 20 on its normally vertical longitudinal aXis and then again engage said teeth 7 3 and 79 with their coacting depressions of the hubs of the casing 20. Thereby the coupling members of the arms 69 and 70 and the casing 2O coaet with each other for different. radial positions of the said casing. By this means the grooved pulley L16 can be placed in dierent angular position-s so that the rope or line 66 can take different directions.

From the outer faces of the side walls 21, 22 of the casing 20 extend pivots 81, on which is pivoted a clothes pin stripper the frame of which is indicated in its entirety by the numeral 85. T he said frame comprises the pair of arms 86, each with a boss 87 at one end that is Supported on one of the pivots 81. The other ends of the arms 86 join with the curved leg S8, that has formed therewith an eye 89 at its top end and an eye 90 at its lower end to guide the two members of the rope or line 66 and always maintain said members the same distance apart. A stripping hook with the members 92 and 93 extends from the leg 88. A piece of material 95 is shown supported on the lower member of the line G6 by means of the clothes pin 96 with the head 97. rEhe latter is shown engaged by the stripping hook having the members 92 and 93 and when on the lower member of the line G6 is pulled in the direction of the arrow A the head 97 of the clothes pin 96 is held and said clothes pin will become disengaged from the piece of material 95 and line 66 and will fall from the said clothes line by gravity.

Having described our invention what we desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is:

1. In a rope reel, the combination of a casing, a pulley to support a rope in the casing, means to turn the pulley, a door hinged over an opening in the casing, an element turning with the pulley in the casing and constituting locking means with said door when the latter is in an open position to lock the pulley in place.

2. ln a rope reel the combination of a casing having a coupling member formed with the top thereof and a coupling member formed with the bottom thereof, a pulley to support a rope in the casing, and a' pair of supporting arms each with a coupling member, the latter coacting with the coupling members of the casing, to lock the casing in different angular positions.

3. 1n a rope reelthe combination of ya casiing, a. driving` shaft journaled in the casing, means to turn said shaft, a spur gear fastened to the shaft, a second shaft journaled in the casing, a pinion on the second shaft meshing with said spur gear, a pulley for a rope on the second shaft, and a door hinged to said casing over an opening` thereof, an end of the door locking with said spur gear when said door is in its open position.

4. 1n a rope reel the combination of a casing, a' driving shaft journaled in the casing, means to turn said shaft, a spur gear fastened to the shaft, a. second shaft journaled in the casing, a pinion on the second shaft meshing with said spur gear, a pulley for a rope on the second shaft, a door hinged to said casing over an Opening thereof, an end of the door locking with said spur gear when said door is in its open position, and a spring in said casing` coacting with said door to maintain it in position when open and also to maintain it in position when closed.

'5. The combination of a rope reel, a pulley to support a rope in the reel, means to turn the pulley, and a clothes pin stripper pivoted to the rope reel having a pair of eyes to guide the members of the rope and maintain said members the same distance apart.

6. rlhe combination of a rope reel, a pulley to support a rope in the reel, means to turn the pulley, and a clothes pin stripper pivoted to the reel, comprising a frame having a pair of eyes to guide the members 0f the rope and keep them always the same distance apart, the said frame having a hook to engage clothes pins carried on the rope and detach them therefrom.

Signed at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, this 31st day of January A. D. 1917.

DANIEL QUIN N RUDOLPH LEBOVIT. Witnesses for both parties:

A. A. DE BONNEVILLE, H. KLEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained :for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 1U. 

